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“An artist must work for human improvement” Cuban actor on the TV soap ‘Looking back’

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 09/09/2021

So says Roberto Salomón, a popular Cuban actor who has made a great impact in…

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  • Cuban Music

Cuban Legend Adalberto Álvarez Dies at 72

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 04/09/202118/10/2021

Celebrated Cuban composer, arranger, pianist, and conductor, Adalberto Álvarez died on September 1, 2021 of…

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  • Cuban Art

Havana Art Biennial: November 2021-April 2022 announced

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 27/08/2021

Designed like a piece of art in itself, whose process is as important as the…

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  • Cuban Music

The Bolero is declared National Cultural Heritage in Cuba

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 26/08/202126/06/2022

The bolero, a vocal, instrumental and danceable genre of the song movement in Cuba, has…

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  • Cuban Music

Celebrations for the centenary of Cuban musician Ñico Rojas

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 30/07/202101/01/2022

August 3 marks the centenary of the birth of the Cuban musician José Antonio Rojas,…

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  • News from Cuba

Cuban artists under pressure

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 28/07/202130/07/2021

An editorial from Cuban press on the island CubaSi.cu on 26 July 2021 Time after…

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  • News from Cuba

Cuba’s cultural counter-revolution: US government-backed rappers, artists gain fame as ‘catalyst for current unrest’

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 28/07/202130/07/2021

By Max Blumenthal for The Grayzone Painting itself as a grassroots collective of artists fighting…

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  • News from Cuba

Cuba Solidarity Campaign statement on the current situation in Cuba

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 12/07/202126/11/2021

Statement 12 July 2021. The Cuba Solidarity Campaign UK calls on the US government to…

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  • Cuban Art

Imprint of a generation

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 06/07/202106/07/2021

Cuban art students raise their voices through their works, against the economic blockade imposed on…

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  • Cuban Architecture

45 years of Cuba’s University of the Arts (ISA)

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 08/06/202125/06/2021

The Cuban Higher Institute of Art (ISA), since 2013 known as the University of the…

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  • News from Cuba

Communications in Cuba: without Zoom and with blockade

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 08/06/2021

Although the many types of damage caused by the US blockade to Cuba are not…

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  • News from Cuba

Africa Day: UNESCO highlights Cuba’s commitment to Africa, and Cuban musicians celebrate shared culture

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 26/05/2021

In a speech to celebrate Africa Day on 25 May, UNESCO’s deputy director for foreign…

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  • Cuban Film

Cuban filmmaker Ernesto Daranas working on documentary mini-series ‘Indigenous Cuba’

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 24/05/2021

After the national and international success of Conducta (2014), all of Cuban filmmaker Ernesto Daranas’s…

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  • Cuban Music

Who were the winners of Cubadisco 2021?

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 17/05/202118/10/2021

Each May, the Cubadisco event takes the pulse of the Cuban music recording industry. Having…

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  • Cuban Music

Concert to show how jazz unites us – Cuban Roberto Fonseca on International Jazz Day 30 April

  • by cuba50
  • Posted on 30/04/202106/07/2021

For International Jazz Day today, April 30, top Cuban musician Roberto Fonseca is set to…

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Happy International Workers Day 1 May! Here are some great Cuban graphic posters from the 1970s produced to mark the day, courtesy of Jose Marti national library archive in Havana.
A great loss for Cuban culture today with the news Jose Luis Cortes, well-loved Cuban musician and music innovator, leader of 90s dance music group NG Ia Banda and architect of timba, has passed away at the age of 70 in Havana. RIP El Tosco
UK tour 8 April - 21 May - Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas pairs up with his former mentor, grammy-nominated Eduardo Martin, both amazing Cuban acoustic guitarists to perform their own mix of jazz, flamenco, pop, Afro and traditional Cuban pieces.
Thursday 28 April London - UK Premiere of new feature film Mambo Man, set in Bayamo in rural eastern Cuba, with Cuban actors, the story follows the highs and lows of a local entrepreneur. Part moral tale, part musical showcase, you can’t resist the sumptuous cinematography and country music.
Catch a screening 19 April with Cuba Solidarity Brighton UK of 'Herencia’ (Inheritance) (2019) Director Ana Hurtado. A documentary by a Spanish filmmaker focusing on Cuba’s African heritage, with interviews with Cuban writers, artists, musicians and dancers.
London Tuesday 12 April 8pm - Cuban cinema fans can catch a special screening of the 1978 Cuban feature film ‘El Brigadista’ by director Octavio Cortazar, which centres on the trials and tribulations of a 15 year old sent to teach people in the countryside during the Literacy Campaign across the island in 1961. In person and online - book your places now. Hosted by @sandsfilmscinemaclub and Cuba Solidarity Campaign North London.

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Short doc on Cuban Art in London

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